Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American Republican who warned last week that the Obama administration was sending out “trial balloons” to new members about its intention to ease travel restrictions, condemned the administration’s actions as “unthinkable.”

“I strongly oppose any new changes that weaken U.S. policy towards Cuba. I was opposed to the changes that have already been made by this administration and I oppose these new changes,” Rubio said in a statement. “I believe that what does need to change are the Cuban regime’s repressive policies towards the independent press and labor unions, its imprisonment of political prisoners and constant harassment of citizens with dissenting views, and its refusal to allow free multi-party elections.”

Senator Marco Rubio… Senator Marco Rubio- Ops, I digress.

I’ve said this once and I’ll say this again: Cuba will become a state in the US soon after it becomes free. When US Cuban exiles return, they will take one look around and beg us to take them in. I think they will become a US State in short order. We should split the island into two states, because Cuba is huge. This, of course, is completely up to the Cuban people and we shouldn’t force anything on them. However I think they should choose quickly, because we have waited for over a hundred years for the people of Puerto Rico to make up their bloody mind. I would like for the people of Puerto Rico and Cuba to become our equals.

Still, one has to wonder if Alan Gross is a hostage and the State Department is somehow trying to make a deal with the Communist Government. We can only guess what we will fret away to get him free.